Senior Software Engineer (Game Development Tools)

Location: London, UK; ideally present in the London office 2–3 days per week, with flexible remote working available for the right candidate.

Company

hirify.global develops the PlayStation brand, gaming hardware, network services, and entertainment experiences.

What you will do

• Design, develop, maintain, and improve tools, services, and pipelines for game development.
• Own delivery from analysis and design through development, testing, release, support, and iteration.
• Contribute to technical design covering architecture trade-offs, APIs, reliability, security, testing, and operational support.
• Refactor and optimize systems to reduce technical debt and improve performance, maintainability, reliability, and user experience.
• Write high-quality code, automated tests, documentation, and operational guidance while improving CI/CD and release practices.
• Partner with studios and cross-functional teams to clarify needs, troubleshoot issues, support onboarding, and gather feedback.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience with relevant programming languages such as C++, C#, or similar.
• Strong understanding of software design, debugging, automated testing, source control, CI/CD, observability, and maintainability.
• Ability to debug complex issues across code, systems, environments, integrations, and user workflows.
• Ability to make pragmatic trade-offs between delivery speed, quality, reliability, complexity, and customer value.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences across time zones and disciplines.
• Ability to support and guide engineers, testers, tool users, and partner teams through reviews, pairing, workshops, and documentation.

Nice to have

• Experience using generative AI safely and effectively to augment development work.
• Experience developing Windows applications in the games industry or building tools for game development workflows.
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an equivalent qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Pragmatic engineering culture focused on thoughtful trade-offs, technical health, and customer value.
• Opportunities to contribute to technical direction and lead a small project or a significant part of a larger project.
• Inclusive and diverse work environment with equal employment opportunity.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for new employees.